Thank you Dan: You just stated far more eloquently what Alex and I (Bob K.) have been debating for the last couple of PCI Power Macintosh Digests. If I understand you correctly, you also made Patrick's point from the "Screen Savers" and "Tech TV". I understand Alex's point from a commercial view but using my 50+ legacy computers from a consumer, hobbyist point of view I would rather have more MBs of RAM for my use than a 15% or less speed gain (Don't forget we are talking about a RAM speed gain, This doesn't necessarily transfer into an overall system speed gain. Also, has anyone noticed that Sonnet recommends not interweaving the RAM and states in their documentation that any speed lost will more than be made up in the processor upgrade? I am assuming that they are saying this because of the new buss in the upgrade.). I am just not able to notice that kind of small speed difference in my "everyday" computing uses. I think we should probably stop this discussion here as we are all right for our individual applications. As they say, that is why they make chocolate and vanilla.
Bob K. macfan601 / eBay >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:54:38 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [PCI] CPU Upgrade RAM Compatibility Issues ? > >At 01:35 AM -0400 04/10/2004, Powermac wrote: >>The thing is every little boost adds up in overall system speed improvement. > >Exactly. Note however swapping out DIMMs for faster ones, or simply >to interleave is probably the last thing I'd try to speed up a >machine. Much more dramatic improvements can be seen by installing a >larger cache, increasing the total amount of RAM, using faster hard >drives or processor(s). > >>I ditch the older smaller ram because its usually rated at a slower speed so >>it drags the newer memory down to its speed, just like plugging a very old >>slow drive in an scsi chain slows the whole chain down. > >hum. No, using slower memory does not drag the rest of the DIMMs to a >slower speed. It's a short parallel bus. The controller yells at >the DIMM and the DIMM responds. Faster DIMMs respond sooner - that's >all. > >- Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
